Civic Intelligence

Bladen Smart Start-A Partnership for Children Inc

EIN 56-2048384 • 501(c)3 • Elizabethtown, NC

Profile

To ensure that every Bladen County child, birth to age five years old, has an equal and fair opportunity for success.

PO Box 2255Elizabethtown, NC 28337

www.bladensmartstart.org

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.

Liabilities / Assets

80th percentile

0.23x

Higher debt load relative to assets than 80% of similar nonprofits.

NTEE B • $500k-$1M nonprofits • Source year 2025

Liabilities / Revenue

73rd percentile

0.09x

Higher debt load relative to revenue than 73% of similar nonprofits.

NTEE B • $500k-$1M nonprofits • Source year 2025

Net Margin

34th percentile

-1.5%

Higher net margin than 34% of similar nonprofits.

NTEE B • $500k-$1M nonprofits • Source year 2025

Top Officer Pay

77th percentile

$64,950

Higher top officer pay than 77% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 12.3% of source-year revenue.

NTEE B • $500k-$1M nonprofits • Source year 2025

Asset Growth

32nd percentile

-1.6%

Faster asset growth than 32% of similar nonprofits.

NTEE B • $500k-$1M nonprofits • Annualized from 2024 to 2025

Revenue Growth

19th percentile

-16%

Faster revenue growth than 19% of similar nonprofits.

NTEE B • $500k-$1M nonprofits • Annualized from 2024 to 2025

Balance Sheet
Liabilities / Assets80th percentile

Assets

Down

$201,873

Down $3,207 (-1.6%) from 2024

Liabilities

Up

$47,096

Up $4,640 (+11%) from 2024

Net Assets

Down

$154,777

Down $7,847 (-4.8%) from 2024

Operations
Liabilities / Revenue73rd percentileNet Margin34th percentile

Revenue

Down

$529,947

Down $97,760 (-16%) from 2024

Expenses

Down

$537,794

Down $88,219 (-14%) from 2024

Net Income

Down

-$7,847

Down $9,541 (-563%) from 2024

Trend Graphs

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset Growth32nd percentile

Grouped bars show assets, liabilities, and net assets across loaded filings.

$400K$300K$200K$100K$0Assets 2011: $9,742Liabilities 2011: $9,666Net Assets 2011: $762011Assets 2012: $1,902Liabilities 2012: $1,797Net Assets 2012: $1052012Assets 2013: $15,972Liabilities 2013: $7,855Net Assets 2013: $8,1172013Assets 2014: $5,279Liabilities 2014: $807Net Assets 2014: $4,4722014Assets 2015: $4,345Liabilities 2015: $254Net Assets 2015: $4,0912015Assets 2016: $13,904Liabilities 2016: $9,254Net Assets 2016: $4,6502016Assets 2017: $17,514Liabilities 2017: $13,626Net Assets 2017: $3,8882017Assets 2018: $32,261Liabilities 2018: $15,956Net Assets 2018: $16,3052018Assets 2019: $27,224Liabilities 2019: $25,331Net Assets 2019: $1,8932019Assets 2020: $56,324Liabilities 2020: $28,097Net Assets 2020: $28,2272020Assets 2021: $84,942Liabilities 2021: $59,157Net Assets 2021: $25,7852021Assets 2022: $203,255Liabilities 2022: $115,447Net Assets 2022: $87,8082022Assets 2023: $307,021Liabilities 2023: $146,090Net Assets 2023: $160,9312023Assets 2024: $205,080Liabilities 2024: $42,456Net Assets 2024: $162,6242024Assets 2025: $201,873Liabilities 2025: $47,096Net Assets 2025: $154,7772025

Highlighted filing

2025

Assets$201,873
Liabilities$47,096
Net Assets$154,777
Open 2025 Filing

Operations Trend

Revenue Growth19th percentile

Revenue, expenses, and net income by year, with the latest filing highlighted.

$800K$600K$400K$200K$0-$200KRevenue 2011: $491,504Expenses 2011: $491,203Net Income 2011: $3012011Revenue 2012: $368,542Expenses 2012: $368,513Net Income 2012: $292012Expenses 2013: $362,7452013Revenue 2014: $370,419Expenses 2014: $374,064Net Income 2014: -$3,6452014Revenue 2015: $360,469Expenses 2015: $360,851Net Income 2015: -$3822015Revenue 2016: $352,626Expenses 2016: $352,067Net Income 2016: $5592016Revenue 2017: $347,641Expenses 2017: $346,516Net Income 2017: $1,1252017Revenue 2018: $347,979Expenses 2018: $335,532Net Income 2018: $12,4472018Revenue 2019: $342,840Expenses 2019: $333,200Net Income 2019: $9,6402019Revenue 2020: $362,303Expenses 2020: $335,969Net Income 2020: $26,3342020Revenue 2021: $357,601Expenses 2021: $360,043Net Income 2021: -$2,4422021Revenue 2022: $480,898Expenses 2022: $418,875Net Income 2022: $62,0232022Revenue 2023: $482,043Expenses 2023: $408,920Net Income 2023: $73,1232023Revenue 2024: $627,707Expenses 2024: $626,013Net Income 2024: $1,6942024Revenue 2025: $529,947Expenses 2025: $537,794Net Income 2025: -$7,8472025

Highlighted filing

2025

Revenue$529,947
Expenses$537,794
Net Income-$7,847
Open 2025 Filing

Filings

Most recent year

2025 • Form 990Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.

Open filing
Assets
$201,873
Liabilities
$47,096
Net assets
$154,777
Revenue
$529,947
Expenses
$537,794
Net income
-$7,847
Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2025Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$2.02$0.47$1.55$5.30$5.38$0.08
2024Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$2.05$0.42$1.63$6.28$6.26$0.02
2023Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$3.07$1.46$1.61$4.82$4.09$0.73
2022Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$2.03$1.15$0.88$4.81$4.19$0.62
2021Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.85$0.59$0.26$3.58$3.60$0.02
2020Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.56$0.28$0.28$3.62$3.36$0.26
2019Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.27$0.25$0.02$3.43$3.33$0.10
2018Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.32$0.16$0.16$3.48$3.36$0.12
2017Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.18$0.14$0.04$3.48$3.47$0.01
2016Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.14$0.09$0.05$3.53$3.52$0.01
2015Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.04$0.00$0.04$3.60$3.61$0.00
2014Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.05$0.01$0.04$3.70$3.74$0.04
2013Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$0.16$0.08$0.08$3.63
2012Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$0.02$0.02$0.00$3.69$3.69$0.00
2011Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$0.10$0.10$0.00$4.92$4.91$0.00
Latest Filing Detail
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2025
Signed
Oct 20, 2025
Return Version
2024v5.0
Gross Receipts
$529,947
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

To ensure that every Bladen County child, birth to age five years old, has an equal and fair opportunity for success.

Balance Sheet Detail
LineBeginningEndChange
Assets
Cash and Non-Interest-Bearing Accounts$205,080$201,873▼ $3,207
Total Assets$205,080$201,873▼ $3,207
Liabilities
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses$42,456$47,096▲ $4,640
Total Liabilities$42,456$47,096▲ $4,640
Net Assets / Fund Balance
Net Assets With Donor Restrictions$163,799$149,465▼ $14,334
Net Assets Without Donor Restrictions$-1,175$5,312▲ $6,487
Total Net Assets Fund Balance$162,624$154,777▼ $7,847
Total Liabilities and Net Assets / Fund Balance$205,080$201,873▼ $3,207
Compensation and Service Providers
Top Officer Pay77th percentile

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseTotal
Lillian BryantInterim Executive Director (Feb 2024 to Jun 2025)PT$64,950$64,950

Board Members and Trustees

NameTitle
Dr Kenneth DinkinsBoard Chair
Dr Patricia FaulkVice Chair
Angela HinesBoard Member
Anita HallBoard Member
Charles Ray PetersonBoard Member
Dr Amanda LeeBoard Member
Dr Jason AtkinsonBoard Member
Dr Joan TaylorBoard Member
Dr Terri DuncanBoard Member
Jane JohnsonBoard Member
Jill SampsonBoard Member
Linda LacewellBoard Member
Melissa SanchezBoard Member
Quessie PetersonBoard Member
Rufus LloydBoard Member
Sheila DunlapBoard Member
Sheila NanceBoard Member
Mathew SchafferExecutive Director (from May 2025)
Vickie GillespieSecretary and Treasurer
Revenue and Support

Revenue Composition

Contributions and Grants
$515,597
Program Service Revenue
$0
Investment Income
$0
Other Revenue
$14,350
All Other Contributions
$149,873
Change in Net Assets
$-7,847
Expenses and Functional Allocation

Major Expense Lines

Line ItemAmount
Salaries, Compensation, and Employee Benefits$329,239
Other Expenses$208,555
Grants and Similar Amounts Paid$0
Professional Fundraising Fees$0
Total Fundraising Expense$0

Functional Expense Allocation

Line ItemProgramManagementFundraisingTotal
Other Salaries and Wages$199,871$19,985-$219,856
Fees for Services Other$78,076$10,058-$88,134
Current Officers, Directors, Trustees, and Key Employees-$64,950-$64,950
Occupancy$39,375$5,625-$45,000
Office Expenses$21,495$1,913-$23,408
Payroll Taxes$16,148$6,569-$22,717
Other Employee Benefits$20,112$1,604-$21,716
Fees for Services Accounting$10,800$10,800-$21,600
Conferences and Meetings$10,614--$10,614
All Other Expenses$3,936$2,512-$6,448
Travel$4,718--$4,718
Insurance$342$3,947-$4,289
Advertising$2,493$862-$3,355
Information Technology$989--$989
Total Functional Expenses$408,969$128,825$0$537,794
Fundraising, Events, and Gaming
Fundraising activities
No
Gaming activities
No
Professional fundraiser used
No

Fundraising and Gaming Totals

Line ItemAmount
Professional Fundraising Fees$0
Political and Lobbying Activity
Political campaign activity
No
Lobbying activity
No
Subject to proxy tax
No
Governance and Compliance

Governance Checklist

Compiled or reviewed by an accountant
Yes
Annual disclosure for covered persons
Yes
Audit committee
Yes
Backup withholding compliance
Yes
Business relationship with 35% controlled entity
No
Business relationship with family members
No
Business relationship with organization members
No
Material changes to governing documents
No
Compensation from other sources disclosed
No
CEO compensation reviewed
Yes
Other officer compensation reviewed
No
Conflict-of-interest policy
Yes
Audited financial statements prepared
No
Key decisions subject to board approval
No
Management duties delegated
No

Governance Explanations

Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11B

“Form 990 review: The board members are informed when the Form 990 information is being prepared and filed. The Form 990 information is available at the office for review by each member.”

Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12C

“Conflict of interest policy: Charts are used at all meeting to ensure compliance.”

Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15

“Executive Director compensation: set by board and/or governance committee.”

Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18

“Documents available upon request.”

Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19

“Documents available upon request.”

Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
Bladen Smart Start-a Partnership for Children Inc
EIN
56-2048384
Phone
9108623335
Address
PO Box 2255, Elizabethtown, NC 28337

Signing Officer

Name
Matthew Schaeffer
Title
Executive Director
Phone
9108623335
Signed
2025-10-20

Organization Details

Principal Officer
Matthew Schaeffer
Formed
1997
Legal Domicile
Nc
Voting Board Members
19
Independent Board Members
19
Employees
9
Volunteers
20
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Form 990, Part IX, Line 11G

“Payroll services $4,674; Other Contracted Services including Janitorial $83,460.”

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IRS990/Form990PartVIISectionAGrp/TitleTxt0Interim Executive Director (Feb 2024 to Jun 2025)
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IRS990/MissionDesc0To ensure that every Bladen County child, birth to age five years old, has an equal and fair opportunity for success.
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IRS990/ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp/Desc0Bladen Community Outreach & Development, Activity ID 006 PSC:5517 PBISID:o Bladen Community Outreach & Development (BCOD) will be a comprehensive activity that will build awareness of the importance of early childhood development, availability of Smart Start funded activities and services and other community resources. This activity will disseminate and coordinate information about activities, data and resources throughout Bladen County. The Outreach team will work collaboratively with other key players in implementing a shared vision and common goals to support Bladen''s early childhood systems building initiative. Other components of BCOD may focus on website management, media releases(print/social), newsletters, brochures, material distribution and community presentations. Outreach services/strategies may include but are not limited to awareness about family early literacy, family engagement, and parent education efforts, hosting stakeholders meetings, focus groups, community planning for Week of the Young Child, hosting of meetings for Bladen Early Childhood Ambassadors (BECA), Kids Fest, Read Across Bladen and other services to enhance community collaboration between staff and community. Food (meals and/or refreshments) may be provided through this activity. The Outreach team may help plan, host, and participate in community events and committee meetings. Staff time will be allocated to this activity. Contractual staff maybe utilized when appropriate. The Outreach team will attend trainings/workshops and professional development opportunities when available.
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IRS990/ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp/Desc0RAISING A READER: Activity ID 431 PSC:5512 PBISID:o A Raising A Reader (RAR) Community Coordinator will implement Raising A Reader, a program that promotes improved literacy development through daily book sharing between caregivers and young children. The RAR Coordinator will hold a Bachelor''s degree in early childhood education or related human service field and is required to attend the RAR National Coordinator Training prior to initial implementation. Coordinators will host two trainings for the site implementers that have been identified to participate in this project. Identified families will be loaned a book bag containing high quality developmentally appropriate children''s books. The books will be exchanged each week. Parents of the children in the project will be invited to participate in at least two parent workshops where they will learn book sharing strategies. At least one library event will be provided for RAR participants and their families. Participants and their families will be provided with library information, library card application, and other community literacy resources. The program will be implemented with model fidelity as described above. Smart Start funds may also be used for books for children, child care for participants, and light meals for workshops. Classroom teachers may be eligible for a mid-year classroom literacy-themed incentive after they have completed 10 weeks of book rotation to recognize their efforts related to documentation and bag management necessary for RAR.
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IRS990/ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp/Desc0DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY: The Dolly Parton's Imagination Library promotes emergent literacy skills through a partnership with Dollywood Foundation. Through this activity, age-appropriate books will be mailed to registered children birth up to age five monthly.
IRS990/ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp/Desc1MOTHERREAD STORY EXPLORING: Activity ID 028 PSC:3109 o The Bladen Motheread Story Exploring activity will provide training and mentoring to early educators in Bladen County.Children, ages birth to five, enrolled in participating BladenCounty facilities, will be provided withliteracy rich environments. The Bladen Motheread Story Exploring activity will support teachers and other caregivers by helping them build the skills needed to prepare children for success in school. Registration fees and activity materials associated with this training may be provided as a noncash incentive to participating early educators. A Community Outreach Literacy Educator may provide follow-up visits and feedback to early educators who are implementing Bladen''s Motheread Story Exploring. The Community Outreach Literacy Educator may assist trained early educators in successfully integrating the Story Exploring Curriculum in their daily use of the Creative Curriculum and/or other DCDEE approved curriculum. Light refreshments may be served as a part of these trainings.
IRS990/ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp/Desc2BLADENS COLOR ME HEALTHY, Activity ID 027 PSC:3424 o Color Me Healthy is an evidence informed train- the- trainer approach designed to improve fruit and vegetable intake and increase physical activity among 4 and 5-year-old children in child care and preschool settings. Bladen Smart Start staff may complete the training to become a Color Me Healthy trainer. New training will be provided for up to 12 staff from up to 6 child care classrooms in Bladen County. Refresher training will be provided for the staff of the facilities that are currently enrolled in the program. Each trained participant will receive, as an educational resource incentive, the Color Me Healthy curriculum which includes: a teacher''s guide, picture cards, classroom posters, a compact disk and/or other media, and reproducible parent newsletters. Spanish Add-On Sets may also be provided as one per facility. The teacher''s guide contains lessons designed to be used during circle time and can be taught daily or weekly. The program will be implemented with fidelity. Smart Start funds may be used to cover training, materials, and staff travel. This activity may include technical assistance and site visits may be completed with child care facilities for recruitment and check-in purposes. Non-cash incentives will be offered for trained early childcare educators that complete the lesson plans in each age-appropriate classroom per the eligibility guidelines as well as the evaluation requirement. Light meals may be served as a part of these trainings.
IRS990/ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp/Desc3BLADENS BE ACTIVE BE HEALTHY PSC:3424 PBISID:GO KNAPSACC: This activity will provide Be Active Kids (BAK) training to child care providers focused on developing positive physical activity and nutrition habits of children 0-5 years of age. The Be Active Kids program is an evidenced informed train -the-trainer approach consisting of a developmentally appropriate curriculum kit of educational materials, interactive games, and hands-on lesson plans to help engage children in learning about healthy lifestyles. One staff person will complete the training to become a Be Active Kids trainer. New training will be provided for up to 15 staff from up to 5child care facilities in Bladen County. Refresher trainings will be held for the staff members from the currently enrolled facilities. Once trained, participants will incorporate lessons plans and other materials throughout the daily instruction to integrate learning and movement in childcare and preschool settings. The program will be implemented with fidelity. Smart Start funds may be used to cover training, materials, and staff travel. This activity may include technical assistance and up to two site visits per child care facility may be completed for recruitment and check-in purposes. Curriculum kits and puppet kits may beprovided as non-cash educational resourcesto early educators who complete the training. Light meals may be served during these trainings. In addition, non-cash incentives will be offered to child care facilities for using BAK in accordance with the BAK rewards program as well as for completing the evaluation requirements. In addition, Playdaze events will be offered at child care facilities to encourage physical activity.
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